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Maroantsetra, Toamasina Province, Mg

Madagascar

Responsible for the technical and operational direction of WCS MaMaBay landscape & seascape program (the Makira Natural Park, Masoala National Park, and Antongil Bay), ensuring compliancy of WCS’s interventions with global standards and donor’s technical and financial requirements. Overseer of the program’s administration and finance, and WCS staff in MaMaBay.Strategic contributor to WCS Madagascar Monitoring & Evaluation system, fundraising proposals and partnership-building with multilateral agencies, regional and local actors.

Central African Republic

Strategic direction and management of the WCS program in Central African Republic, responsible for effective project implementation and monitoring in the Northeastern Protected Areas Complex, focused on conservation-friendly transhumance and endogenous development. Operational and financial programming, staff management, fundraising, and proposal development. WCS representation and partnership-building with governmental, non-governmental, and community actors.

Cameroon

Implementation of community conservation projects in the Douala Edea landscape focused on managing and preserving mangroves, lakes, and tropical forests. Implementation of biodiversity monitoring technologies, SMART approach, and IMET tools.Development of a community-banking program (www.vsla.net) linking green economies and conservation projects and sustainable business model for plastic waste (www.net-works.com) and discarded nylon nets by artisanal fisheries. Proposal development and support in fundraising.

Peru

Technical advice on and development of a sustainable landscape approach and conservation corridors in Alto Mayo, based on natural, economic and social values assessment.Designing and implementation of a terrestrial vertebrates monitoring protocol with camera traps in the Alto Mayo Protected Forest. Coordination of the Freshwater Health Index in Peru. Proposal development and support in fundraising.

Peru

Management of BioCuencas, Water Resources and Andean-Amazonian Biodiversityproject (Colombia & Peru) and development of community ecological restoration models.Technical guidance for establishing a regional biodiversity strategy and water resources policy in San Martin, and the Subcuenca Mayo Committee that serves as a participatory platform to manage the Mayo river basin.Elaboration of the annual work plan and reports, budget management, partnershipbuilding with donors and multi-level actors, and CI representation at COP 13 forBiological Diversity.

Peru

Co-founder management of the NGO Proyecto Mono Tocón (www.monotocon.org) in Peru and responsible for the overall.Elaboration of the annual work plan, reports to donors, proposals for fundraising and budget management.Definition of research strategies and priorities for Peruvian primates and inclusion of Proyecto Mono Tocón in the Peruvian development cooperation network. Development of training programs for local employees and both national and international students and volunteers.

Costa Rica

Institutional relations with partners and funders.Mainstreaming of environmental approach in the school's program.Designing of environmental education activities and field trips for primary and secondary school children.

Spain

Advice on protected areas management, planning of annual activities for the Serra Calderona Natural Park, the Serra Mariola Natural Park, and the Turia Natural Park.Support in developing plans for public use of and research on protected areas.Development of environmental education activities.

Spain

Advice on the Montgó Natural Park management, including preparation of public use and research plans, and establishment of a social responsibility strategy to raise funds.Development of environmental education activities.

Spain

Management of ex situ conservation projects of endangered species in El Saler Fauna Rescue Center. Delivery of environmental tour guides for partners and students in the rescue center.Support to the veterinary area and treatment provision for injured species.

Spain

Advice on the Serra Gelada Natural Park management, including preparation of public use and research plans, and impact management plan for recreational activities.Photo-identification and monitoring of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) populations.Development of environmental education activities.

Spain

Environmental Education coordination for the Spanish booth at EXPO Zaragoza 2008, 'Water and Sustainable Development.Content management on Biodiversity, Water and Climate Change for educational workshops.Coordination and monitoring of environmental activities, and training for environmental educators.

France

Design and planning of primate research projects addressed to the Peruvian Amazon.Preparation of concept notes, proposals and awareness-raising materials about zoo's contribution to conservation projects.

Spain

Elaboration of LIFE projects for the European Commission in Environment and Nature affairs.

Spain

Elaboration of LIFE projects for the European Commission in Environment and Nature affairs.Elaboration of project proposals such as LIFE Ecodiptera (Implementation of a management model for the ecological sustainable treatment of pig manure in the region of Los Serranos, Valencia, Spain) and LIFE Ecoceramic (Ecological ceramics optimization, alternative to sludge disposal).

Spain

Delivery of environmental education programs and awareness-raising activities on protected areas in the Valencian Community.

France

Animal keeper at the lemur area of the primate park, responsible for quarantine monitoring in collaboration with the veterinary area. Support in environmental enrichment for animal enclosures and development of environmental tours across the park.

Spain

Control of submarine emissaries to assess the wastewater treatment plant of Valencia. Dredging and analysis of polychaetes in free waters. Study of the ichthyofauna in the Levantine coast.

Spain

Animal keeper of Iberian fauna, mainly mammals and birds. Support to the veterinary area and in environmental enrichment for animal enclosures. Development of environmental education.

Master Of Science - Ms, Protected Areas

Specialization In Conflict Resolution In Protected Areas

Conservation Biology Postgraduate

Specialization In Development Cooperation, Social Sciences

Social Sciences Postgraduate

Specialization In Ethology

Courses of the Doctorate in Animal and Human Behavior. An ethological perspective. Thesis: Social structure of a group of Macaca sylvanus.

Teaching Certificate, Secondary Education And Teaching

Secondary Education and Teaching

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology